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8.3 - Changing weather·New Total English Elementary - Students' Book

Question

  1. Listen to these words. Is the vowel sound the same in all four?
  2. Listen to these word pairs. Are the vowel sounds the same or different?
  3. Listen. Is the sound /ɒ/ (not) or /əʊ/ (cold)?

Answer

a)

  • cold and snowing /əʊ/
  • hot and foggy → /ɒ/

b)

  1. same
  2. different
  3. different
  4. same

c)

  • /ɒ/ → clock, cost, not, on, bottle
  • /əʊ/ → old, note, hotel, wrote, own

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